14 weeks, second trimester and 6 months to go!!!!

HUGE milestones this week!! I consider pregnancy 40 weeks, so technically, three 13-week trimesters. And I've completed my first 13!!

Heeeeelllloooo second trimester!! The middle one is definitely the best and I've got tons of fun stuff to keep me occupied, hopefully making the time until our ultrasound go by faster!!

PLUS, November 6 will mark 6 months until my due date!!

From me:

Yes, the nausea is still much less but does hit full force somewhat frequently, especially at night. I often wake up feeling sick, but can usually fall back to sleep. I still feel tired some, too, and nap with Andrew a lot!

I feel like I do look pregnant now but I swear, it's just fat!! There may be a little bit of a baby tummy but mostly, I think my growing uterus is just pushing the fat higher and making it more prominent! I'll be glad when I actually have a round, pregnant belly instead of just a flabby belly!!

From the experts:



This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.